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CRB Science Symposium 2024 Day 2: Harnessing Knowledge to Protect Communities and Ecosystems
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CRB Science Symposium 2024 Day 2: Harnessing Knowledge to Protect Communities and Ecosystems

5:47 Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) spread and establishment in the Pacific, and the management experiences from Vanuatu – Dr. Mark Ero, Pacific Community (SPC), Land Resources Division Pacific Awareness and Response to the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (PARC) Project 48:51 Away from mtCOI – WGS assessments of the Guam haplotype pervasiveness and CRB biosecurity hotspots in the Pacific – Dr. Tek Tay, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Invasive Species & Disease Program 1:18:56 Pheromone trap catch may not be correlated with population density – Dr. Aubrey Moore, University of Guam 1:27:58 CRB Biosecurity Interceptions – Dr. Ben Hoffmann, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Australia 1:41:18 CRB Environmental DNA Survey Tool – Dr. Julie Lockwood, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute, Rutgers University 2:02:51 CRB Containment – Guam Detector Dog Team for Outbound Cargo – Dr. Andrea Blas, Micronesia Conservation Trust 2:19:00 Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle and OrNV in Palau, a prospect for control for the Pacific – Dr. Christopher Kitalong, Palau Community College Cooperative Research Extension 2:42:57 Drone Based Aerial Application for CRB – Dr. Roberto Rodriguez III, Aeronautical Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, & Timo Sullivan, Aloha ʻAina Drones 2:57:23 Question & Answer Session for all available panelists
CRB Science Symposium 2024 Day 1: Harnessing Knowledge to Protect Communities and Ecosystems
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CRB Science Symposium 2024 Day 1: Harnessing Knowledge to Protect Communities and Ecosystems

Researchers from across the Pacific present findings on the history, ecology, detection, and management of the invasive pest Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros). 0:00 Welcome from Organizers 5:00 CRB Biology: Know Your Enemy – Dr. Aubrey Moore, University of Guam 45:00 CRB… Who Cares! – Roland Quitugua, University of Guam Cooperative Extension Outreach 1:29:00 Overview of Regional Variability in Palm Health and Infestation Levels at Several Sites on Oahu – Dr. Keith Weiser, Hawaiʻi Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response 1:45:00 Can RNA Interference be a Component of CRB Control? – Dr. Michael Melzer, Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2:01:38 Find the Notch! Developing an AI Detector for CRB Damage Using Drone Imagery – Dr. Ryan Perroy, Geography & Environmental Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo 2:15:00 Remote Surveillance and Aerial Pesticide Application for CRB Delineation and Control – Dr. Daniel Jenkins, Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2:38:15 Trapping and Tracking CRB: Research from Guam and Hawaiʻi – Dr. Matthew Siderhurst, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center 2:55:20 Protecting Moananuiākea Meals: Analyzing the Effects of Weather Inflicted CRB on Pacific Island Food Security – Andie Le Doux, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture 3:07:46 Amplifying Efforts in CRB Communications and Management: The Hawaiʻi CRB Communication Plan – Elizabeth Speith, Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa & Arisa Barcinas, Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response, Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi

Mahalo to our partners at Mālama Learning Center, Outside Hawaii, CGAPS, and others for these videos.

In the News

May 6, 2022:  Lauhala weavers should be on the lookout for invasive beetle (The Conversation, HPR)

September 19, 2019: Department of Agriculture using dogs to sniff out invasive beetle (KHON 2 News) 

July 29, 2021: Contactless Connecting: How we Brought Invasive Species Outreach Online (Hawaii Conservation Conference)

August 13, 2019: Coconut Rhino Beetle (The Conversation, HPR)

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